Mop.



L.. F. BUNUNG.

MOP. Y APPUCATION FILED Nbv'. {3,1915.

Patented May 14, 198.

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LAURA FRANCES BUNTING, OF POCOMOKE CITY, MABYLANB.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Patented May 1d, 1918.

Application led November 13, 1916. v Serial No. 131,632.

To all whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, LAURA F. BUNTING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pocomoke City, in the county of Worcester, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and l do hereby ydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use, the same.

rlhe'present invention is directed to improvements in xnops, and more particularly to that vtype used for oiling oors.

.' The invention has for its object to provide'a mop of this character havinga reservoir for holding floor oil, so that a supply of oil will be assured at all times.

, A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character oon-` structed in such a manner that the flow of oil to the mop head can be regulated.

'Vith these and other objects in view, `this invention 'resides in the novel features of constructiomI formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more.

fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in 'which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view online 3 3 of F ig. 1. l

Fig. Sis a sectional view on line fl-fl of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates the handle, which is preferably formed from wood and is Vprovidedfwith a longitudinal bore 2 for receiving the reservoir 3, said reservoir being preferably formed from light metal such as aluminum. They reservoir' is provided with glass panes il which coincide with the openings formed in the handle 1 whereby a person can readily observe the amount of oil contained in the reservoir.

The lower ends of the handle and reservoir are threaded as at 6 for detachably engaging the threaded walls in the form of ferrules 7 and' 7'5, respectively, en the cap 8.

. The cap 8 comprises a pair of centrally percentric with respect to the perforation in the uppermost disk, and these perforations 1n both disks register with the'bore of the reservoir. The disks 9 and 9 are further provided with annular beads 10 at the perlpheries thereof to reinforce the same and between these disks is secured the mop 11, the disks being moved or otherwise secured together. Centrally within the mop 11 is a, packing 12 which is covered with a nett1ng13, and to this netting is fastened the strands of cord or the like 14 forming the mop.

A valve 15 is located in the reservoir 3, and adjacentl the lower end thereof, said valve having its stems 16 rotatably engaged in the reservoir 3 and handle 1, one of, said stems being provided with a thumb piece 16', whereby the valve can be actuated to regulate the flow lof oil from the reservoir to the mop.

The upper ends of the handle. 1 and reservoir 2 are closed by a cap 17, said cap being provided with a ring 18 which serves as means for suspending the device when not in use.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the cap 17 can be removed and the reservoir filled with floor oil, and that the oil can be fed to the mop 10 as needed, upon manipulating the valve 15.

Vihat is claimed is A An article of the character described, comprising a handle provided with a threaded end and also having a longitudinal bore, a reservoir engaged in said bore and having a threaded end, a pair of centrally perforated disks forming a clamp, concentrically arranged inner and outer threaded fer-rules von the inner disk and detachably engaged with the threaded ends of the reservoir and handle, respectively, and a mop secured be- -t'aeen the disks and having apacking centrally thereof and extended over the perforations in said disks. 

